About Love Our City Fest
Greater Austin is at its best when we come together—neighbors serving neighbors, churches linking arms with local partners, and families choosing hope over helplessness. That’s the heartbeat of Love Our City Fest.
Today is a joy-filled day hosted by Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN), with live music, great food from Austin’s favorite local eateries, and games and activities for all ages.
But Love Our City Fest isn’t just a festival—it’s a way to prepare together so we can respond together. Every ticket and purchase helps ADRN remain ready to equip, empower, and mobilize volunteers and churches to stay ready to serve families and individuals in crisis across our city.
We’re glad you’re here to laugh, connect, and celebrate the unity that makes our city special!
WHO IS AUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK?
ADRN is a trained network of churches, volunteers, businesses, organizations, and community partners working together to provide infrastructure, systems and relationship networks to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of those affected by disaster. We would love for you to learn who we are, how we serve, and how you can be part of bringing hope into crisis — in disaster and every day after.
EMOTIONAL & SPIRITUAL CARE (SURVIVOR CARE)
Disaster affects more than homes and belongings — it touches hearts, families, and futures. ADRN’s Survivor Care volunteers are trained to provide compassionate support for those navigating crisis, helping survivors feel seen, heard, and not alone as they take their next step toward recovery and hope.
PRAYER
In times of disaster, prayer is one of our first and most important responses. Whether you need prayer, want to pray with someone, or desire to stand with families facing crisis and loss, this is a place to pause, be encouraged, and ask God to bring hope, healing, strength, and peace.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Hungry Souls
Hungry Souls provides nutritious meals to children in our community who need it most, helping them grow into who they’re meant to be and break generational cycles of scarcity and poverty.
Through partnerships with local schools, we ensure children and their families have enough to eat during weekends and school breaks—the times when they are most likely to go hungry—so they can thrive in school and in life”At Hungry Souls, we do more than just fill bellies; we fill hearts and fuel futures.
Our holistic model is designed to provide optimal nutrition for growing children and connect vulnerable families to resources so they can end cycles of hunger for good.
Forging Strong Relationships
We partner with local schools to identify children who are food insecure and facilitate food distribution, ensuring meals get where they’re needed most. We know every child we serve by name and demonstrate the love of Jesus through caring relationships.
Growing Strong Kids
We give every family a Crockpot, healthy recipes, and all the ingredients they need to cook nourishing meals together each week. We only serve food we would feed our own kids.
Building Strong Families
We provide enough food to feed the child’s entire family for the weekend or school break, filling bellies and hearts as families bond over shared mealtimes—with the security of knowing where their next meal will come from.
Education Connection
Education Connection helps elementary students in Central Texas public schools to read by the end of 3rd grade so they can become lifelong learners.
As a purpose-driven non-profit, our Education Connection method is to cultivate, partner, connect, onboard, and serve with Humility, Consistency, and Simplicity!
Every child deserves the chance to succeed. In 2009, community and church leaders asked local superintendents how they could make a lasting difference in the city. The answer was simple but powerful: support children’s literacy and reduce school dropout rates. That vision became Education Connection.
Our volunteers read one-on-one with elementary students for just 30 minutes each week—building confidence, skills, and a lifelong love of reading. As our program grows and more children need support, every minute you give becomes a stepping stone for a child’s future.
Restoring God's Family
Strong families do not happen by accident. In a fragmented, hurried culture, RGF Network exists to help families restore communication, intimacy, and spiritual alignment through Christ-centered teaching, coaching, and discipleship.
Whether you are seeking growth, healing, or intervention, we offer a clear pathway for restoration—grounded in Scripture, guided by the Holy Spirit, and rooted in real-life application.
Cornerstone Restoration
We are a community of volunteers that serve God by serving others, So that God’s Love can be seen and experienced by ALL.
Vision Statement: Hope is restored to the vulnerable through the love of Jesus demonstrated by our volunteers.
Mission: Restoring hope to the vulnerable in the community. Through construction-based projects, our volunteers serve the physical & spiritual needs of the elderly, widows, single parents, children, veterans, disabled, and survivors of human trafficking or sexual exploitation …so that God’s love can be seen and experienced by all
We partner with other nonprofit organizations whose missions we support, in order to accelerate the work they do by taking on the effort, time, and resources needed to accomplish projects for them and their clientele.
Our core values represent the foundation of our identity as followers of Jesus, guiding us in what we believe the Bible calls us to be and do.
- Christ-Centered (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
- Scripture-Led (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
- In Biblical Community (Ephesians 4:1-3)
- Prayer-Dependent (Philippians 4:5b-7)
- Serve God by Serving Others (1 Peter 4:10)
- Living Generously (Acts 20:35)
- Catalysts for Christ’s Love (James 1:17-18).
Dream Together 2030
Our mission is to create a new season of flourishing, justice, and equity for greater Austin and the surrounding communities.
In 2030, our vision is that Central Texas would be a model for justice, equity, shared conviction, and action aimed at creating a more prosperous, vibrant, and exciting future.
Our vision is to create a thriving community where neighbors care for neighbors in such a fashion that citizens and visitors alike say, “Greater Austin cares deeply for all of the people in the region!” This unified movement begins with relationships, and August 28, 2023 will mark the beginning of a new 7-year period of ensuring that our region in 2030 looks – and is – materially improved from where we begin!
Areas of Focus
- Early Quality Education
- Food Disparity
- Health Equity
- Workforce Development and Economic Empowerment
- Foster and Adoption
- Mental Health
- Relational Connections
- Community Safety
